Rain that pounded coastal districts set to ease over T.N.
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State information an extra of winter rain this 12 months due to heavy spells each in January and February
Rainfall over the State is set to lower from Tuesday because the affect of climate methods has decreased over the area, in accordance to the Meteorological Department.
During the previous 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. on Monday, Cuddalore Collectorate recorded the best quantity of rainfall for the day with 12 cm and IMD’s Cuddalore climate station obtained 11 cm.
Tiruttani in Tiruvallur district and Sivagiri in Tenkasi district obtained 7 cm. Other locations in Puducherry, Coimbatore and Nagapattinam additionally recorded rain.
Officials of the Meteorological Department mentioned the interplay between the deep westerly trough and the easterly trough at low stage had decreased and this might imply a lower in rainfall depth over the State from Tuesday.
Dry climate possible
S. Balachandran, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Chennai, mentioned gentle rain is feasible at one or two locations over districts close to the Western Ghats on Tuesday, and dry climate could prevail over the remainder of the State.
Normally, winter rains are subdued over the State. But, this time, a westerly trough, mixed with robust easterly winds at low stage that pushed moisture in the direction of the Tamil Nadu coast, introduced heavy rain over coastal locations, reminiscent of Puducherry and Cuddalore.
Similarly, the State additionally recorded good rain in mid-January as a spillover from the northeast monsoon.
There have been events prior to now when the State had obtained such rain in the course of the winter months, he mentioned.
The present winter rainspell that pounded Puducherry set a brand new file for the heaviest rain in February. It introduced 19 cm in 24 hours ending on Sunday morning, which surpassed the all-time file of rain of 11.6 cm registered in a single day on February 27, 2000.
Tamil Nadu has recorded 15 cm of rain thus far, which is in extra by 482% than its common of three cm of rain since January 1. The proportion of extra rainfall in all of the districts runs in tons of, officers famous.
However, dry climate is set to return over Tamil Nadu from Wednesday and Chennai will expertise a most temperature of 31 diploma Celsius and a minimal temperature of twenty-two diploma Celsius until Wednesday.
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